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CSKT acting executive officer outlines tribal history, governance and federal legal framework
Summary
Jordan Thompson, acting tribal executive officer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, told Missoula County Commissioners about CSKT governance, the Hellgate Treaty and federal Indian law, the allotment era's lasting effects, and the tribe's evolution into self-determination and business enterprise.
Jordan Thompson, acting tribal executive officer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, told Missoula County Commissioners that the CSKT government is a 10-member elected council that appoints officers and an executive to run day-to-day operations. Thompson said the tribe has about 5,000 members living on the reservation and that the council elects a chair, vice chair, treasurer and secretary from among its members.
Thompson described their own path into tribal leadership, including a law degree from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Gonzaga University, and said those legal, political and business perspectives shape how they approach the role. ‘‘We have a really good lens to look through legally,…
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